TY - BOOK ID - 65532827 TI - Xenophon and the Athenian democracy PY - 2020 SN - 9781108495769 9781108797757 9781108862998 1108852734 1108862993 1108852432 1108495761 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Elite (Social sciences) KW - Democracy KW - Leadership KW - Xenophon. KW - Athens (Greece) KW - Politics and government. KW - History. KW - Democracy. KW - Elite (Social sciences). KW - Leadership. KW - Greece KW - Ability KW - Command of troops KW - Followership KW - Self-government KW - Political science KW - Equality KW - Representative government and representation KW - Republics KW - Elites (Social sciences) KW - Power (Social sciences) KW - Social classes KW - Social groups KW - a Xenophon KW - Xenofon KW - Xenofoon KW - Xenophoon KW - Xenophon KW - Jenofonte KW - Jenófanes KW - Ksenofont KW - Xenofón KW - Senofonte KW - Kısenofon KW - Pseudo-Senofonte KW - Kʻsenopʻonti KW - Pseudo-Xenophon KW - כסינופון KW - زينوفون KW - كزنوفون KW - گزنفون KW - Xenofont KW - Ξενοφῶν KW - E-books UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:65532827 AB - "This book seeks to understand Xenophon as an elite Athenian writing largely for an elite Athenian audience in the first half of the fourth century B.C. It argues that Xenophon calls on men of his own class to set aside their assumptions of superiority based on birth or wealth and to reinvent themselves as individuals who can provide effective leadership to the democratic city and serve it as good citizens. Xenophon challenges, criticizes, and sometimes satirizes the Athenian elite, and seeks to instruct them concerning the values, knowledge, and practical skills they will need to succeed as civic leaders. Xenophon is thus best understood not as an aristocratic dinosaur who is out of place in a democratic setting, as some have assumed, but as a thoughtful and pragmatic reformist who seeks to ensure that meritorious members of the elite step forward to lead within the democracy"-- ER -